2021 Valero Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29th Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 29, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Kennedy Brooks (RB, Oklahoma) & Pat Fields (S, Oklahoma) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Oklahoma by, "4."5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Mike Roche (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 59,121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | ESPN: Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst) and Paul Carcaterra (sideline) ESPN Radio: Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Max Starks (analyst), and Alex Chappell (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, "2021," with kickoff at 9:15 p.m. EST (8:15 p.m. local CST) and televised on ESPN. It was the: 29th edition of theββAlamo Bowl, and was one of the 2021β22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Teamsβ»
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Pac-12 Conference and the Big 12 Conference. This was the eighth meeting between the programs; entering the "bowl," Oklahoma led the all-time series 6β1 as Oregon's lone win came in 2006 at home.
Oregon Ducksβ»
Oregon completed their regular seasons with a 10β2 record (7β2 in Pac-12 play) then lost the Pac-12 Championship Gameββto Utah, whom they had previously lostββto during the season. The Ducks entered the bowl with a 10β3 record; their only other loss was to Stanford. As head coach Mario Cristobal left the Oregon program to join the Miami Hurricanes in early December, Bryan McClendon was named interim head coach of the Ducks for the bowl game.
Oklahoma Soonersβ»
Oklahoma completed their regular season with an overall 10β2 record, 7β2 in Big 12 games. After starting their season with nine consecutive wins, the Sooners lost two of their final three games, to Baylor and Oklahoma State. Due to the departure of Lincoln Riley from the Oklahoma program (he was named head coach at USC), former Sooner head coach Bob Stoops was named to lead the team in their bowl game.
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 14 Oregon | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 32 |
No. 16 Oklahoma | 6 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 47 |
at Alamodome β’ San Antonio, Texas
- Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2021
- Game time: 9:15 p.m. EST (8:15 p.m. local CST)
- Game weather: Indoor
- Game attendance: 59,121
- TV announcers (ESPN): Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst) and Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
- Box score
- First quarter
- 7:56 OKLA β Kennedy Brooks 16-yard rush, Gabe Brkic kick wide. Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 4:31. Oklahoma 6β0
- 1:57 ORE β Camden Lewis 24-yard field goal. Drive: 14 plays, 66 yards, 5:59. Oklahoma 6β3
- Second quarter
- 13:15 OKLA β Gabe Brkic 40-yard field goal. Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, 3:42. Oklahoma 9β3
- 10:29 OKLA β Drake Stoops 6-yard pass from Caleb Williams, Gabe Brkic kick good. Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 1:50. Oklahoma 16β3
- 4:00 OKLA β Marvin Mims 55-yard pass from Caleb Williams, Gabe Brkic kick good. Drive: 7 plays, 89 yards, 2:20. Oklahoma 23β3
- 0:36 OKLA β Kennedy Brooks 29-yard rush, Gabe Brkic kick good. Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, 1:17. Oklahoma 30β3
- Third quarter
- 11:35 ORE β Travis Dye 11-yard rush, Kris Hutson conversion rush good. Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards, 3:25. Oklahoma 30β11
- 8:38 OKLA β Eric Gray 6-yard pass from Caleb Williams, Gabe Brkic kick good. Drive: 6 plays, 76 yards, 2:57. Oklahoma 37β11
- 7:08 ORE β Dont'e Thornton 66-yard pass from Anthony Brown, Camden Lewis kick good. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:30. Oklahoma 37β18
- 4:55 OKLA β Kennedy Brooks 8-yard run, Gabe Brkic kick good. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:13. Oklahoma 44β18
- 0:56 ORE β Kris Hutson 34-yard pass from Anthony Brown, Camden Lewis kick good. Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 3:59. Oklahoma 44β25
- Fourth quarter
- 8:56 OKLA β Gabe Brkic 29-yard field goal. Drive: 12 plays, 53 yards, 7:00. Oklahoma 47β25
- 6:46 ORE β Troy Franklin 30-yard pass from Anthony Brown, Camden Lewis kick good. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:10. Oklahoma 47β32
Statisticsβ»
Statistics | ORE | OKLA |
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First downs | 26 | 27 |
Playsβyards | 73β497 | 70β564 |
Rushesβyards | 33β191 | 43β322 |
Passing yards | 306 | 242 |
Passing: compβattβint | 27β40β1 | 21β27β0 |
Time of possession | 26:26 | 33:34 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Oregon | Passing | Anthony Brown | 27/40, 306 yards, 3 TD, INT |
Rushing | Travis Dye | 18 carries, 153 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Dont'e Thornton | 4 receptions, 90 yards, TD | |
Oklahoma | Passing | Caleb Williams | 21/27, 242 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Kennedy Brooks | 14 carries, 142 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Jalil Farooq | 3 receptions, 64 yards |
- ^ @LoeffelholzTV (December 30, 2021). "The Oklahoma Sooners take home the Alamo Bowl 47-32" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Fawkes, Ben. "Odds for College Football Playoff, every bowl game". vsin.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Winsipedia - Oklahoma vs. Oregon". Winsipedia.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ "McClendon, Stoops To Coach Bowl Game". alamobowl.com. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
External linksβ»
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com
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